| Geneva Study Bible Judge {a} me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly {b} nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. (a) He desires God to undertake his cause against the enemies but chiefly that he would restore him to the tabernacle. (b) That is, the cruel company of my enemies. Wesley's Notes 43:1 Nation - So he calls the company of his enemies for their great numbers. Man - Probably Achitophel or Absalom. King James Translators' Notes ungodly: or, unmerciful the deceitful...: Heb. a man of deceit and iniquity Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary PSALM 43 Ps 43:1-5. Excepting the recurrence of the refrain, there is no good reason to suppose this a part of the preceding, though the scope is the same. It has always been placed separate. 1. Judge-or, "vindicate" (Ps 10:18). plead, &c.-(Ps 35:1). ungodly-neither in character or condition objects of God's favor (compare Ps 4:3). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 43:6-11 The way to forget our miseries, is to remember the God of our mercies. David saw troubles coming from God's wrath, and that discouraged him. But if one trouble follow hard after another, if all seem to combine for our ruin, let us remember they are all appointed and overruled by the Lord. David regards the Divine favour as the fountain of all the good he looked for. In the Saviour's name let us hope and pray. One word from him will calm every storm, and turn midnight darkness into the light of noon, the bitterest complaints into joyful praises. Our believing expectation of mercy must quicken our prayers for it. At length, is faith came off conqueror, by encouraging him to trust in the name of the Lord, and to stay himself upon his God. He adds, And my God; this thought enabled him to triumph over all his griefs and fears. Let us never think that the God of our life, and the Rock of our salvation, has forgotten us, if we have made his mercy, truth, and power, our refuge. Thus the psalmist strove against his despondency: at last his faith and hope obtained the victory. Let us learn to check all unbelieving doubts and fears. Apply the promise first to ourselves, and then plead it to God. | 
